Plant Street Commons Takes Shape at 419 W. Plant Street in Downtown Winter Garden

Construction is underway on Plant Street Commons, a mixed-use development from Atrium Development Group at 419 W. Plant Street in downtown Winter Garden. RLH Construction LLC is the general contractor, Silling Architects is the architect, Atwell is the civil engineer and surveyor, and SouthState Bank is providing construction financing. The site is bounded by Plant Street to the south, North Central Avenue to the east, and Bay Street to the north. Atrium broke ground on August 27, 2025, and completion is targeted for late 2026.

The development occupies approximately one acre at the western edge of Winter Garden’s historic downtown district. The West Orange Trail, which runs through Plant Street and draws approximately one million annual riders, passes directly adjacent to the site. The program includes a three-story mixed-use building fronting Plant Street alongside eight two-story townhomes wrapping the rear of the parcel along North Central Avenue and Bay Street. The Plant Street building will contain 5,000 square feet of Class-A retail and restaurant space on the ground floor and 10 luxury apartments across the second and third floors. The eight fee-simple townhomes bring the total residential count to 18 units. Twenty-seven on-site parking spaces will serve the full development.

Photo by Oscar Nunez.

The Plant Street building is the furthest along on site. Concrete masonry unit walls have reached first-floor height along the full length of the Plant Street and North Central Avenue frontages, wrapping the full corner of the intersection at the complete ground-floor footprint. Window and door openings have been formed within the CMU walls along both elevations. Vertical rebar projects several feet above the current pour line at regular intervals, indicating preparation for the second-floor concrete deck.

Photo by Oscar Nunez.

Photo by Oscar Nunez.

Two steel columns rise above the parapet line at the interior frame, their rust-colored profiles the tallest elements on site. Large pallets of CMU block are staged along the perimeter in quantity, suggesting upper-floor masonry work is imminent. Active masonry work was ongoing at the time these photographs were taken. The structure remains low and unfinished against the streetscape, enclosed by construction fencing displaying renderings of the finished brick-and-storefront facade.

Behind the Plant Street building, the townhome pad looks to be cleared and graded. Utility rough-ins including pipes and conduit stub out of the ground across the dirt field, marking the footprints of the future units. No slab or foundation work is visible at this stage. Workers in high-visibility vests were active on site with surveying equipment, and dimensional lumber was staged nearby. The surrounding context is predominantly residential, with single-family homes directly adjacent to the construction fence along the Bay Street side.

Photo by Oscar Nunez.

Photo by Oscar Nunez.

The mixed-use building holds the Plant Street building line while stepping back slightly from North Central Avenue to create space for a corner outdoor cafe venue. According to Silling Architects, the facade is designed to respond to Winter Garden’s historic design requirements with a 1940s mercantile character. Street-level storefronts will be articulated with projected steel lintels and cast-stone pilaster bases. The upper floors will feature brick veneer with stone sills and lintels, operable double-hung window systems, brick soldier coursing, and stone coping bands capping the vertical rhythm of the apartment stacks.

Credit: Plant Street Commons.

Credit: Plant Street Commons.

The eight townhomes wrap an interior vehicular court and present pedestrian entries and stoops along North Central Avenue and Bay Street. Each unit’s ground floor will contain living, dining, and kitchen spaces with direct access to a two-car garage at the rear. A single-run stair serves as a vertical marker at each entry, leading to three bedrooms and bathrooms on the second floor before continuing to a private rooftop terrace. Atrium acquired the property for approximately $1.9 million in June 2022.

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